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Understanding careers : the metaphors of working lives /

'Understanding Careers' covers career choice, development and management through the use of metaphor. Key archetypal metaphors from career theory and discourse, for example 'journey', 'story' and 'resource' are used to collate research and theory about careers...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Inkson, Kerr
Corporate Author: Sage Publications
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2007.
Subjects:
Career development.
Vocational guidance.
Occupations.
Professions.
Quality of work life.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:'Understanding Careers' covers career choice, development and management through the use of metaphor. Key archetypal metaphors from career theory and discourse, for example 'journey', 'story' and 'resource' are used to collate research and theory about careers allowing the reader to effectively cover the broad curriculum of career studies.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xx, 319 pages) : illustrations.
Audience:Specialized.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781483328867 (ebook) :